Vanity box



Se t. 11,1923. 3,467,764

A. S. ITYHNE VANITY BOX Filed De c. 20. 1922 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 11, 1923.

NETE $1- tetra ANKER S. LYI-INE, OF BBIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

VANITY BOX.

Application filed December 20, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANKER S. LYHNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, county of F airfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Vanity Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vanity boxes and especially to means for securing a powder compact in said box.

It is an object of the invention to provide a securing means for a compact which will be simple in construction, and may be easily secured in position SO that it may be manufactured at low cost, which will allow easy insertion and removal of a compact. and will at the same time securely hold it in position in the box,

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, I have devised the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a vanity box open showing one form of my improved securing means for the compact.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the box closed with portions of the opposite sides thereof broken away to more clearly show the construction.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring and holding means for the compact shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 7.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a slightly different construction for the holding means.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the holding means shown in Fig. 4. t

Fig. 6 is a front elevation thereof, and

F ig. 7 is a detailed section substantially on line 77 of Fig. 1,

Referring to Figs. 1,2, 3 and 7 the vanity box comprises a body section 10 and a cover section 11 hinged together by a hinge 12. This box may be of different types, the form shown being provided in the cover section with a compartment 13 closed by a hinged mirror 14;, the lower or body section 10 being intended to carry a comparatively large powder compact and a puff not shown. This compact usually comprises a metal plate 15 upon which is molded a dampened powder 16 which is allowed to harden. In the ordinary boxes these compacts are either left loose in which event they are liable to tip or fall out, or they are cemented to the bottom of the box. Either one of these is ob- Serial No. 608,103.

jectionable as theloose compact will shake around and may be easily lost while if it is permanently secured to the box it is difficult to renew it when the supply of powder has become exhausted. To obviate these difliculties and objections I provide simple and effective means for removably securing the compact in the box. This means will socurely hold the compact in position but will perforations in the side of the box and the notches 20, and then be bent over on the inside of this plate, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7. Thus they will securely fasten both the hinge and the plate to the side wall of the box section. lVhen this plate is in position the ton 'ue 19 is adapted to extend over the edge of t is compact plate 15 and engage this plate to securely hold it in position. To hold the opposite side of the plate I provide a lug 22, preferably struck inwardly from the side wall of the section and over the top of the compact plate, as shown in Fig. 2, It will thus be seen that this lug and the tongue 19 securely hold the compact in position. When the old compact becomes exhausted or it is desired to renew it for any reason, by press ing the tongue 19 inwardly the edge of the compact under the same may be raised and the compact removed from the box. A new compact may be inserted in the box by merely placing one edge under the lug 22 and then pressing the other edge down past the yieldable tongue 19.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and 6 I have shown in these figures a slightly different construction of securing means for the compact. In this form I have extended the sides of the plate 23 corresponding to the plate 17 in the first form substantially half way around the side walls of the box section and slit it adjacent the ends thereof, as shown at 24:, to provide spring tongues 25. Intermediate the ends this plate is slit, as shown at 26, to provide another spring tongue 27 all of which tongues are adapted to engage the plate of the compact and hold it in position. The plate 23 is provided with perforations 28 through which the lugs 21 of the hinge are adapted to extend, so that they may be bent over on the inner side thereoi to secure the plate and hinge to the box section the same as in the first form. In this form, astongues 25 are provided on the 0pposite sides it is not necessary to employ the hip; 22 struck inwardly from the walls of the box as used in the first form. The compact plate may be removed by pressing inwardly the tongues 25 and 27 and a new compact inserted by merely pressing the same down past these lugs. V

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the compact is securely held in position and that it may be easily removed and. inserted "for removal, that the securing means is very simple in construction and may be manufactured and assembled at low. cost. As it is located on the side wall of the box section it adds nothing to the thickness of the box and, therefore, allows the use of a box of minimum thickness. The Fastening is also securely attached to the box so that it cannot work loose or become lost and cannot get out of shape as it is located at the side out of the way. Furthermore, it occupies practically no space within the box.

Having thus set forth the nature of my invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination a box, means for securing a powder compact in said box comprising a plate provided with one or more slits leadi-ng from one side thereof to provide one or more resilient tongues extending at one side ofthe plate, and means for rigidly securing the plate to a wall of the box in position to allow the tongue to extend over the edge of a compact and hold it in.

position. said tongue or tongues being yieldable with respect to the plate to allow insertion and removal of the compact without removing the plate.

2. In combination a box comprising body and cover sections, a hinge for securing said sections together, a plate having a spring tongue, and means carried by the hinge for securing both the hinge and plate to a side wall of one 01" said sections, said tongue adapted to engage a compact to secure the same in the said section.

3. In combination a box comprising a body section and a cover section, a hinge for securing said sections together, one of said sections being adapted to receive a powder compact and provided with perforations in the side wall thereof, a plate on the inner side of said wall and provided with a later ally extending spring tongue adapted to engage the compact to secure it in the section, and tongues carried by the hinge extending through said perforations and engaging said plate to secure the plate and hinge to the section.

a. In combination a box comprising body and cover sections, a hinge for securing said sections together, a plate having a spring tongue, means carried by the hinge for securing both the hinge and plate to a side wall of one of said sections, said tongue adapted to engage a compact to secure the same in the said section, and an additional securing means carried by said section arranged to engage the compact at a distance from said tongue.

5. In combination a box comprising body and cover sections, a hinge for securing said sections together, a securing element having a spring tongue, and means carried by the hinge for securing both the hinge and the securing element to one of said sections, said tongue adapted to engage a compact to secure the same in the said section.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANKER S. LYHNE. 

